It was revealed through Instagram by Aubrey yesterday – she’s teaming up with the former Vice President’s daughter, Ashley Biden, founder of Livelihood Inc. The company is a “socially and ethically conscious apparel company that’s inspired by extraordinary everyday people” and for the next 14 days, she’ll be selling hoodies through Gilt. With each purchase, two communities (starting with Wilmington, DE – Aubrey & Ashley’s hometown – and Anacostia, D.C.) will receive funding for programs like education initiatives, vocational training, and job placement services. Check out the promotional photoshoot in our gallery:
In honor of “Legion” premiering tonight in the United States, Aubrey is featured on the cover of the February issue of the New York Post’s Alexa. High-quality outtakes of the shoot, photographed by Scott Council, have been added to our gallery:
[About the end of Legion] “People are going to be very shocked at where she ends up at the end of the season […] Nothing is as it seems.”
[About Jeff Baena] “We’re so obsessed with movies […] That’s why we’re making movies together.”
[About how she dresses in everyday life] “I grew up wearing a uniform for most of my life, so I think that’s probably why I don’t go too crazy with fashion […] Any kind of loose, baggy gray sweater? I want it. I just wanna wear a gray sweater all the time. Maybe that’s a leftover New York thing.”
[About deleting her Twitter account] “There was a time when it seemed really fun, but it seems to be a place that’s more toxic than fun for me, with the political stuff […] It started to feel unhealthy, and I didn’t need that in my life anymore.” (Source)
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – A stellar lineup has assembled for An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, the latest film from U.K.-based Wigwam Films, producers of 2016 Sundance hit Under the Shadow.
Aubrey Plaza, Craig Robinson, Emile Hirsch, Jemaine Clement and Matt Berry are set to star in the film, being directed by Jim Hosking (Greasy Strangler).
Written by David Wike and Hosking, the film is shooting in Eureka, California. The story follows Lulu Danger, whose unsatisfying marriage takes a fortunate turn for the worse when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform a mysterious event called An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn; For One Magical Night Only.
The film is being funded by the BFI with National Lottery funding, Film4 and GPS Partners. Sam Bisbee and Theodora Dunlap of Park Pictures, along with Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh, Emily Leo of WigWam Films and Andy Starke of Rook Films are producing. David Gordon Green, the BFI’s Mary Burke, Sam Lavender from Film4, Hosking, David Wike, Jackie Kelman Bisbee and Lance Acord serve as executive producers.
OBSERVER – If you are standing right now, I suggest you sit down, because we’re going to begin with some truly shocking news: Aubrey Plaza is not a 50-year-old man.
Truthfully, this should be clear to anyone who has followed Plaza on her rise to stardom over the years—the seven seasons portraying the human embodiment of an eye-roll, April Ludgate, on NBC’s Parks & Recreation, her quieter standout roles in indies like Safety Not Guaranteed and Ned Rifle, or more recent big-screen endeavors like Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates. Certainly, it’s clear to me, sitting across from the actress at a Los Feliz noodle bar, a month before she’s set to co-star in Legion, FX’s Marvel-universe mind-bender from Fargo creator Noah Hawley.
But is it clear to Hawley? Harder to say. In the original pilot script for Legion, Hawley wrote the character of Lenny Busker as a male, middle-aged former drug-addict, the resident, older sage of Clockworks Psychiatric Hospital, providing both optimism and advice to our mutant main character David Haller (Dan Stevens). The question becomes, What made the writer-director, after a single meeting with Plaza, decide the 32-year-old actress would be a perfect fit for the part?
“Honestly, I don’t know, and I don’t want to know,” she says and laughs, before changing tact. “I mean, no, I get it. I think that maybe that’s my real, underneath persona, and at heart, I’m like a 50-year-old drug addict living in a mental hospital. And Noah saw that’s who I am, really, underneath it all.” (read more at the source)
Aubrey attended the Los Angeles premiere of FX’s “Legion” yesterday evening (January 26), along with fellow cast members Dan Stevens, Katie Aselton, Rachel Keller and more. Don’t forget that the show premieres Wednesday, Feb. 8 on FX. High-quality images have been added to our gallery:
Public Appearances > 2017 > January 26: Premiere Of FX’s ‘Legion’ (After Party), Los Angeles
VARIETY – Neon has bought North American distribution rights to “Ingrid Goes West” out of the Sundance Film Festival, Variety has learned.
To nab the comedy-drama it beat out the likes of A24 and Netflix, both of which were in the hunt. The film is a satire of the digital age, chronicling the exploits of an unstable woman (Aubrey Plaza) with an obsessive streak. She follows Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen), a social media star, out to Los Angeles, after becoming fixated on her seemingly perfect life.
In addition to Plaza and Olsen, “Ingrid Goes West” stars O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, and Billy Magnussen. It marks the feature film directorial debut of Matt Spicer.
Sundance marks a coming out party of sorts for Neon, the recently christened indie venture from former Radius-TWC chief Tom Quinn and Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League. The company is also using the festival to screen “Colossal,” a monster comedy with Anne Hathaway that it picked up out of the Toronto Film Festival.
The second snow storm in as many days is blanketing Sundance, but despite the chill, the acquisitions market at the festival is heating up. On Saturday, Variety broke the news that Amazon had landed the comedy “The Big Sick” in a blockbuster $12 million pact, and earlier Sunday, Sony Pictures Classics picked up rights to “Novitiate,” a religious drama.
CAA negotiated the deal for “Ingrid Goes West.” Star Thrower Entertainment and 141 Entertainment financed and produced the film. The producers include Jared Ian Goldman, Star Thrower Entertainment’s Tim and Trevor White, 141 Entertainment’s Adam and Robert Mirels, and Aubrey Plaza. Mary Solomon, Rick Rickertsen and Allan Mandelbaum executive produced the picture.
Aubrey officially wrapped “The Little Hours” & the “Ingrid Goes West” promotion at 2017 Sundance Film Festival yesterday, so you can now enjoy a vast quantity of portrait sessions from the last few days in our gallery. Enjoy!
Earlier today, Aubrey was promoting “Ingrid Goes West” at the Variety Studio during 2017 Sundance Film Festival – Day 2 with director Matt Spicer and co-stars Elizabeth Olsen & O’Shea Jackson Jr. High-quality pictures have been added to our gallery:
Aubrey Plaza, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Elizabeth Olsen, Billy Magnussen, Matt Spicer, and Pom Klementieff of ‘Ingrid Goes West’ on its dark humor and social media glamour.
Yesterday (January 20) was a very busy day for Aubrey who, following the premiere of “The Little Hours”, continued promoting the movie at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival with the entire cast. Later that day, she also attended the premiere of “Ingrid Goes West”, a dark comedy also starring Elizabeth Olsen. Head over to our gallery for high-quality pictures of the entire day:
Public Appearances > 2017 > January 20: Variety Studio At Sundance Presented By Orville Redenbacher’s
Public Appearances > 2017 > January 20: Panel Discussion For ‘Ingrid Goes West’
Public Appearances > 2017 > January 20: ‘Ingrid Goes West’ Premiere
Public Appearances > 2017 > January 20: ‘Ingrid Goes West’ Premiere (After Party)